StatPlanet

The award winning StatPlanet software enables you to visually explore all your data within a single intuitive interface, through integrated interactive maps and graphs.

StatPlanet consists of a powerful set of tools for automatically importing and visualizing your data within minutes. With a click of a button, you can select and seamlessly transition between data sets, time periods, map regions, graph and map types. Users can dynamically customize the view according to their needs for better analysis and decision making. A key strength is its integration of graphs and maps into a single view. This enables users to simultaneously explore and filter the data through multiple, interconnected visualizations.

StatPlanet supports automated importing of large data sets, importing of maps (such as in the shapefile map format), branding (logo embedding), multidimensional tables, meta data display, and many other features.

Gallery:The Gallery showcases StatPlanet implementations by government agencies and international organizations such as OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank. See also StatPlanet World Bank, the first prize winning entry in the World Bank's Apps for Development competition.

Getting started: The getting started guide explains step by step how to set up your map and import your data. The resources section has additional support documentation.

Educational use: Schools and education institutions can use StatPlanet for free - see the recommended resources to get started.

Features

See also the StatPlanet add-on modules for features which are not included by default. To compare StatPlanet with other StatSilk applications, please see the feature comparison.

Embed logo:

Embed a custom logo in the main StatPlanet interface screen (bottom-right corner), replacing the existing StatPlanet logo (this feature is not available in the free non-commercial desktop version). In the licensed web version the logo can be loaded from an external image file (JPG, PNG or SWF). In the licensed desktop version the logo is embedded within the software, and can be provided in any image format. For customizing the startup splash screen, the Splash Screen Module is required.

Display benchmarks: add one or two benchmark or target lines in your graphs, with customizable labels and mouse-over popups.

Display axes units / labels.

Multidimensional tables:

View data for all years / time units for the selected indicator (one indicator, all years/time units).

View data for all indicators in the selected category (multiple indicators, one year/time unit).

View data for all years / time units and for all indicators in the selected category (multiple indicators, multiple years/time units).

View data for all indicators in all categories, for the selected map area and year / time unit (all indicators, one year/time unit, one map area).

Filter table by map region or by selected map areas.

Export your customized table as a 'CSV' (comma separated values) file which can be opened in Excel or other spreadsheet software.

Data options:

No indicator limit. Organize indicators through categories and if required - sub-categories and sub-sub-categories.

Option to dynamically load data from a database.

Split large data files into multiple smaller data files to reduce the initial download size, and only load additional data when the user requests it through the drop-down menus.

Meta data:

Incorporate indicator meta data through the story panel (such as the description, source, and calculation method). Text and images can be formatted using HTML code. This meta data can optionally be loaded from external html files.

Incorporate map area meta data through map area rollover popups. Alternatively, it can be displayed as a scrollable panel when clicking on a map area.

Incorporate category meta data as a rollover popup when selecting categories through the drop-down menu.

StatPlanet Editions

World Map: StatPlanet with embedded world map. It comes with predefined world map regions and pre-positioned country text labels, both of which can be customized. Dashed grey lines are used to show disputed borders between countries. The import macro is optimized for importing country-level data regardless of the country code or naming used in your data files.

Custom Map: Load any ESRI shapefile map into StatPlanet, one of the most common map formats. To optimize your maps for the web, please see: simplify and reduce the size of your maps. For large shapefile maps (over 1000 map areas) it is recommended that you test the map to confirm it is compatible with StatPlanet prior to purchase.

Pricing

StatPlanet is available in both web and desktop editions. The different licenses and corresponding costs for one edition of StatPlanet are listed below. The license is valid forever (i.e. it never expires) and for the web version is valid for one web domain.

*The non-commercial desktop version has no map or graph export option. A license needs to be purchased if you require this functionality. Logo embedding is included as part of the license cost.

Commercial license

The cost of the commercial license for the desktop version depends on the number of users. The following is the cost for a single license purchase. Please contact us if you require a custom quote based on the number of users.

Upgrades: Once purchased, future upgrades are available at a discounted price. The upgrade price is for a one-time upgrade only, so subsequent upgrades would require the purchase of a new upgrade.

Web-version domain license: The web-version is licensed for usage on a single website domain or subdomain, e.g. subdomain.mywebsite.com. There is no limitation to how many times it can be used within that web domain (e.g. subdomain.website.com/project1, subdomain.website.com/project2, subdomain.website.com/project3, etc.). Use on another web domain, however, would require an additional license.

Load shapefile maps

StatPlanet can be used to easily load shapefile maps, one of the most popular map formats. For most shapefile maps, it only takes a few minutes to have them up and running in StatPlanet. Simply copy your shapefiles to the StatPlanet 'map' directory and run 'setup shapefile' in the StatPlanet Data Editor. For more details, please see the quick start guide.

The 'shapefile' format is a geospatial vector data format. Shapefile maps of most regions and countries can be downloaded for free (including sub-national boundaries at various administrative levels).

The Flash-based (actionscript) code for loading in the shapefile maps is open source.